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re⋅com⋅pose

  [ree-kuhm-pohz]
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–verb (used with object), -posed, -pos⋅ing.
1. to compose again; reconstitute; rearrange.
2. to restore to composure or calmness.
Origin:
1605–15; re- + compose

Related forms:
re⋅com⋅po⋅si⋅tion  [ree-kom-puh-zish-uhn] , noun
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re·com·pose   (rē'kəm-pōz')   
tr.v.   re·com·posed, re·com·pos·ing, re·com·pos·es
  1. To compose again; reorganize or rearrange.
  2. To restore to composure; calm.
re'com·po·si'tion (rē'kŏm-pə-zĭsh'ən) n.
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Recompose

Re`com*pose"\ (-p?z"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Recomposed (-p?zd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Recomposing.] [Pref. re- + compose: cf. F. recomposer.]

1. To compose again; to form anew; to put together again or repeatedly.

The far greater number of the objects presented to our observation can only be decomposed, but not actually recomposed. --Sir W. Hamilton.

2. To restore to composure; to quiet anew; to tranquilize; as, to recompose the mind. --Jer. Taylor.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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